fremdling

fremdling

English

Alternative forms

• frameling (Scotland)

Etymology

From fremd +‎ -ling. Compare also Dutch vreemdeling, German Fremdling, Swedish främling.

Noun

fremdling (plural fremdlings)

1. (rare, dialectal or obsolete) One who is not a kinsman; a stranger
   • 1640, W. Lithgow, The gushing Teares of godlie sorrow:

     There sisters for their brothers, sorrowing sore,
     Last fatall framelings, one another gore.

   • 1856, William Drummond, ‎William Barclay Turnbull, The Poetical Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden:

     Hills, bulwarks of our freedom, giant walls,
     Which never fremdling's sleight nor sword made thralls; [...]